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IDE
1-ide
2or -id
- a suffix used in the names of chemical compounds:
bromide.
ide
1/ aɪd /
-ide
2suffix forming nouns
- added to the combining form of the nonmetallic or electronegative elements indicating a binary compound
sodium chloride
- indicating an organic compound derived from another
acetanilide
- indicating one of a class of compounds or elements
lanthanide
peptide
–ide
- A suffix used to form the names of various chemical compounds, especially the second part of the name of a compound that has two members (such as sodium chloride ) or the name of a general type of compound (such as polysaccharide ).
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Word History and Origins
Origin of IDE1
C19: from New Latin idus, from Swedish id
Origin of IDE2
from German -id, from French oxide oxide , based on the suffix of acide acid
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Example Sentences
What, then, were these ideas—these veræ ideæ, as he calls them—and how were they to be obtained?
From Project Gutenberg
We are to see, however, what these ideæ are which are offered to us as self-evident.
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